Laffan Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Coniacian – Santonian, Ir (1,3), UAE1
Province:
Iran, United Arab Emirates
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Zagros belt (general), Column: Iran East, Column: United Arab Emirates
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Sarvak Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Ilam Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Coniacian – Santonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Coniacian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.15
Beginning date (Ma):
88.84
Ending stage:
Santonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
84.27
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4